Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Blake Patterson
Topic: 1981
In 1981, we started communicating with AT commands and Kermit. Timex/Sinclair released the 1000/ZX-81. We got the BBC Micro and the ABC 800. IBM introduced the PC, for business, no fun allowed. And MS-DOS. And more.
Topic/Feedback links:
- Sony 3.5 drive
- Quick, hide in this closet! (folklore.org)
- IBM PC
- MS-DOS
- Osborne 1
- Xerox Star
- IPv4
- Kermit
- kermitproject.org
- C-Kermit 10.0 beta 11 released in early August
- Hayes Smartmodem 300
- Hayes AT command set
- Sinclair ZX81
- Timex/Sinclair 1000
- BBC Micro
- ABC 800
- Donkey Kong
- E-mu Emulator
Retro Computing News:
- Thomas Kurtz obituary (Legacy.com)
- Dartmouth BASIC at 50
- CHM in memoriam Thomas Kurtz
- San Francisco Muni will stop using floppy disks Any Day Now
- Atari ST Notebook (it was real)
- The Pentium as a Navajo weaving (Nat Gallery of Art)
- Ward Christensen passed away
- CBBS for winter contact in the Chicago computer hobbyists’ group. Feb 1978, written up in Byte Nov 1978
- Ward Christensen obituary (NYT)
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Auction Picks:
- Blake:
- Paul:
- 3D printed TI cartridge tray.
- Warez wear.
- Omnitronix cassette interface
- NeXT Cube.
- Programma 101 (sold at $4000, 2 bids)
Closing notes:
- Estate Sale (wound up with Super Pong, not much else).
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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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